Samaan Kandah

Samaan Musa Kandah

Resident of San Jose

Passed away Samaan Musa Kandah in Modesto, California. He was born in Shatana, Jordan in 1924. He worked as a teacher, a government Lands and Survey Department Director, government court expert, and a real estate business owner.

He was a loving father, grandfather, and a great grandfather. He is survived by his eight children, Amal, Mazin, Basem, Ghassan, Adnan, Ibtesam, Ibtehaj and Hanan, 21 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. He is also survived by his only brother Issa (Abu Husni) in Amman Jordan, and many, many nieces and nephews.

He immigrated to the United States in 1980 with his wife Khazneh, who also joined her Lord on September 8, 2010.

Samaan was one of the original founders of The Kandah Family association in Shatana, Jordan, and was one of the many strong wrists that supported her to stand on her own. Also, he helped establish The Jordanian American Association in San Francisco, California. He was very active in both when he was in good health.

He was an accomplished and proud writer and poet in his native Arabic Language, both in Jordan and here in the U.S, covering a wide range of subjects, from the love for his country, to his Kandah relatives and his immediate family on many many occasions. He was exiled several times for his political views in the sixties.

Visitation and rosary will be held on Thursday, December 2, 2010 at 6:30 PM at the Oak Hill Funeral and Memorial Park located at 300 Curtner Avenue, San Jose California 95125 (408-297-2447). The family will have the food of mercy at the residence of his son Mazin at 1184 Utopia Place, San Jose CA 95127 immediately after the rosary.

Funeral service will be held at St. Brother Albert Polish Roman Catholic Church located at 10250 Clayton Road, San Jose, California 95127 on Friday, December 3, 2010 at 11:00 AM. The family will have the food of mercy at the St. Brother Albert Church Hall immediately after the burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. The 3rd, 9th and the 40th memorials will be held at Saint Thomas More Church at 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd. In San Francisco, on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 11:30 AM. Food of mercy will be offered at The Jordanian American Association at 305 Linden Ave. South San Francisco, CA (650)-583-0132 after the service.